Schumann/ Kovacic/ Karttunen - Album for the Young 68 AEC Music Played with traditional instruments

Played with traditional instruments

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Lucian Ban and John Surman - draw fresh inspiration from the music that fired Bartók's imagination

the album follows a subtle growth towards the latter

Schumann/ Kovacic/ Karttunen - Album for the Young 68 AEC Music Played with traditional instrumentsSchumann's 'Album fur das Jugend,' Op. 68, of 1848 appears to be a collection of simple teaching pieces for children. But it's unassuming exterior hides a wealth of interconnected references: to Bach and to William Blake (whose 'Songs of Innocence and Experience' it shadows), and to the life of the Romantic artist as reflected in nature and the passage of the seasons. Anssi Karttunen's transcription for string trio brings a textural subtlety that